Otto Bergendorf

Otto Bergendorf (11 November 1888-4 August 1914) was a soldier of the German Empire who was awarded the first Wound Badge of World War I.

Biography
Otto Bergendorf was born in Essen, German Empire, on 11 November 1888. He enlisted in the Reichswehr at the start of World War I after working as a silversmith, and was made a sergeant in the first week of the war. He was wounded by a machine-gun bullet during the invasion of the Russian Empire in Poland and was awarded the first Wound Badge of the conflict, but died soon after receiving the honor.